[ANN] kiln - a static site generator for Gemini sites

[Adnan Maolood]

On Sun Nov 22, 2020 at 1:04 PM EST, Solderpunk wrote:
> On Sat Nov 21, 2020 at 6:57 PM CET, wrote:
> > > I removed support for atom feeds in the last update, but if it's a
> > > popular request then I can add them back.
> >
> > Definitely you should add it back! I don't see Atom feeds going anyway
> > any time soon, especially since the Gemini feed is only an idea and not
> > standardized yet. Even when it is, Atom is still useful. I don't see
> > why there's any need to remove it.
>
> This is correct! The new lightweight feed idea is *not* supposed to
> replace Atom, which is considerably more powerful and flexible. The
> idea is simply to make it possible to subscribe to even very simple
> static gemlogs which are maintained by hand, so people are not forced to
> choose between tedious handwriting of XML, running fragile scripts which
> attempt to guess a post's timestamp from the filesystem metadata (which
> is too easily changed by accident) or the filename (which encourages
> longer, uglier URLs), or running a CMS or static site generator (which
> they might perceive as over-complicated or over-opinionated), just to
> make sure people are able to follow their writing.
>
> If a site *is* being generated by a CMS or static site generator,
> there's no reason for it not to provide Atom feeds.
>
> Cheers,
> Solderpunk

Okay, I will go ahead and re-implement them.

Question: is it okay for Atom feeds to use relative URLs instead of
absolute URLs? That would make it easier to have a feed that works over
Gemini and HTML. It would also make generating the feed simpler.